Abstract: Two classes of tropical cloud variability: (i) random small-scale fluctuations and (ii) diurnal variations, are investigated with regard to deriving fields of emitted radiation from wide-field-of-view (WFOV) measurements ...

Abstract: A detailed analysis is made of the spatial and temporal information content of wide-field-of-view (WFOV) measurements of outgoing radiation. Specifically, the spatial resolution of WFOV measurements, commensurate with ...

Abstract: The influence of large-scale transience on horizontal air motions and tracer distributions in the stratosphere is explored in equivalent barotropic calculations. Planetary waves are excited by steady and unsteady components ...

Abstract: The influence of mean field variations on the realization of planetary normal modes is investigated by examining the mode response and structure in the presence of simple background nonuniformities. Gradients in the mean ...

Abstract: The existence of planetary normal modes in the presence of realistic mean fields is examined. For sufficiently large wavenumber m, or meridional index n, the response of the Rossby modes is diffused beyond identification. ...

Abstract: Terms in the linearized primitive equations for a generally baroclinic atmosphere are evaluated for their significance in maintaining balance for global-scale disturbances. For gravity waves, the linearized advection term ...

Abstract: The effect of realistic dissipation on the rotational normal modes of a barotropic atmosphere is investigated. Vertical growth of amplitude of the Lamb(10km equivalent depth)modes is found to diminish with increasing ...

Abstract: Predominant wavenumber-5 patterns frequent the temperature fields of the lower stratosphere of the Southern Hemisphere during the summer months of FGGE. These pentagonal features, of broad latitudinal extent, appear to ...

Abstract: The information content of asynoptic satellite data is evaluated for nadir sonde and limb scan observations. Orbital sampling patterns are shown to uniquely determine the space-time spectrum, within well-defined sampling ...

Abstract: A one to one correspondence between alias-free asynoptic data and twice-daily synoptic maps is established in the Synoptic Retrieval Theorem. The uniqueness follows from an extension of the Sampling Theorem. A Fast Fourier ...